American Moderns, 1910-1960:
From O’Keeffe to Rockwell
at The Ringling June 14, 2013 –
September 8, 2013
This exhibition presents fifty-seven artworks from
the collection of the Brooklyn Museum in an
exploration of the myriad ways in which American
artists engaged with modernity. Ranging widely in
subject matter and style, the fifty-three paintings
and four sculptures were produced by leading
artists of the day, including Georgia O’Keeffe,
Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arthur
Dove, Rockwell Kent, Joseph Stella, Elie Nadelman,
and Norman Rockwell. Significant works by these
and other artists in the exhibition exemplify their
unique contributions to modern culture.
Marsden Hartley. Shell. 1929. Ringling Museum of Art. SN754.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Moise, 1964.
General Collection
Click on the title to be taken to the Library catalog.
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Electronic Resources
George Wesley Bellows
http://www.georgebellows.com/
Guy Pène du Bois
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSnjFSu7Gkg
Stuart Davis
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1412
Arthur G. Dove
http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/dove-bio.htm
Reginald Marsh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJjEJTe4848
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/reginald-marsh-papers-9072/more
Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses).
http://www.nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/grandma-moses-anna-mary-robertson-moses
Norman Rockwell
http://www.nrm.org/
Max Weber
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/weber_1.htm
Museum Resources
Brooklyn Museum of Art
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/american_moderns/touring.php
Delaware Museum of Art
http://delart.org/american_moderns
Everson Museum of Art
http://www.everson.org/home.php
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/
The Ringling
http://www.ringling.org/
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